Kansas City Chiefs coach Herm Edwards was fired Friday. And former Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan may be in line to replace him.

Edwards was 15-34 in three seasons with the Chiefs, including 2-14 this season. He had one year remaining on his original four-year, $12 million contract.

"On behalf of my family, I want to thank Herm for his service to the Chiefs," Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt said in a team statement. "After careful deliberation over the last week, Scott and I decided that it was in the best interests of the Chiefs to move forward in a different direction.

"This was not an easy decision. Herm is an outstanding football coach and a man of integrity. We appreciate his leadership over the past three seasons, and we wish him all the best in the future."

ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen reports that the Chiefs are targeting Shanahan and negotiations have occurred, according to sources.

I hope you realize Herm has never been a coordinator. He was the Sec coach when he got the Jets gig.

Well he has been a head coach. He knows about defense obviously and while he may not have been a coordinator before, I have no reason to see why he wouldn't be able to handle it just fine sine he's been a head coach for at least 5 years now. Herm hasn't been great or anything but he hasn't been that bad either. He made the playoffs with the Jets like twice I believe when Pennington was healthy, but Pennington would get hurt for the whole season and that would be it, and their division was with the SB Patriots.

He was okay in KC, but they haven't really had much talent out there. They could have over achieved, but they still wouldn't have ever gotten that far with the KC squads Herm has had to work with out there. Like I said, I wouldn't want him for a head coach right now, but I surely wouldn't mind having him for a defensive coordinator where he could just focus on that side of the ball and those specific players each week. I think he would be a good coordinator. He motivates players pretty well.